Dan Smith
@rosa-noctis.bsky.social
Open source investigator: disinformation, influence operations, political action, etc. Currently China/UK-focused.
rosa.noctis@proton.me
rosa.noctis@proton.me
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
I cannot comprehend how, in the 21st century, we are reverting to binary notions of gender despite all the biological and social evidence to the contrary.
The SC ruling genuinely makes me feel sick.
The SC ruling genuinely makes me feel sick.
April 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I cannot comprehend how, in the 21st century, we are reverting to binary notions of gender despite all the biological and social evidence to the contrary.
The SC ruling genuinely makes me feel sick.
The SC ruling genuinely makes me feel sick.
As far as I’m aware, it isn’t publicly known who they were looking for - nor if it’s specifically an “anti-Trump video”.
Of course, the secret service turning up to a school about an “online threat” could be that and still isn’t great, but it’s not confirmed gestapo behaviour yet.
Of course, the secret service turning up to a school about an “online threat” could be that and still isn’t great, but it’s not confirmed gestapo behaviour yet.
Secret Service agents arrived yesterday at Hamline Elementary School in Chicago searching for an 11-year-old child who posted an anti-Trump video. AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
The principal said school administrators followed protocols and denied entry to the agents.
The principal said school administrators followed protocols and denied entry to the agents.
January 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As far as I’m aware, it isn’t publicly known who they were looking for - nor if it’s specifically an “anti-Trump video”.
Of course, the secret service turning up to a school about an “online threat” could be that and still isn’t great, but it’s not confirmed gestapo behaviour yet.
Of course, the secret service turning up to a school about an “online threat” could be that and still isn’t great, but it’s not confirmed gestapo behaviour yet.
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
We’re so cooked
British treasurer Rachel Reeves has said that London was a "natural home" for Chinese finance during a visit to Beijing in the shadow of bond market turmoil back home. www.channelnewsasia.com/world/rachel...
UK treasurer says London 'natural home' for Chinese finance
Rachel Reeves is the most senior British government official to visit China since then-PM Theresa May held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping seven years ago.
www.channelnewsasia.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We’re so cooked
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Authors Che Chang, Lian Huang and Athena Tong delve into leaked files from iS00N, a Chinese cybersecurity contractor, revealing how Beijing leverages private firms to extend its influence under the guise of promoting digital sovereignty.
jamestown.org/program/stat...
jamestown.org/program/stat...
State Goals, Private Tools: Digital Sovereignty and Surveillance Along the Belt and Road
Executive Summary: Beijing promotes digital sovereignty in its engagements with other countries but with the caveat that it can maintain access to partner countries’ digital systems. Leaked documents ...
jamestown.org
January 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Authors Che Chang, Lian Huang and Athena Tong delve into leaked files from iS00N, a Chinese cybersecurity contractor, revealing how Beijing leverages private firms to extend its influence under the guise of promoting digital sovereignty.
jamestown.org/program/stat...
jamestown.org/program/stat...
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The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was considering a new rule that could restrict or ban Chinese drones in the United States out of national security concerns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...
U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese Drones, Citing National Security Concerns
The Commerce Department requested that private companies comment on the implications of the rule by March. The final decision will fall to the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was considering a new rule that could restrict or ban Chinese drones in the United States out of national security concerns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...
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I'm raising money for Extra Life, a charity that supports children's hospitals. All the money that I raise goes to Toronto's SickKids Hospital.
Join me tonight on www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel at 7:30 PM EST where I'll be streaming SIFU, a game where you beat people up to avenge your father's murder!
Join me tonight on www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel at 7:30 PM EST where I'll be streaming SIFU, a game where you beat people up to avenge your father's murder!
January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm raising money for Extra Life, a charity that supports children's hospitals. All the money that I raise goes to Toronto's SickKids Hospital.
Join me tonight on www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel at 7:30 PM EST where I'll be streaming SIFU, a game where you beat people up to avenge your father's murder!
Join me tonight on www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel at 7:30 PM EST where I'll be streaming SIFU, a game where you beat people up to avenge your father's murder!
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I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
December 27, 2024 at 12:26 AM
I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
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Inside the Chinese government’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to Libya warlord Haftar – The Telegraph: ‘three alleged co-conspirators who negotiated the deal while employed at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’
Inside China’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to warlord
Military tech worth £1bn would have been part-payment for discounted crude oil, emails sent by alleged conspirators in Canada reveal
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Inside the Chinese government’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to Libya warlord Haftar – The Telegraph: ‘three alleged co-conspirators who negotiated the deal while employed at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’
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"But the danger is that, like a monster in a Christmas ghost story, the more we believe in Farage, the more real he will become."
@jonnelledge.bsky.social making a few really good points here. 👇
@jonnelledge.bsky.social making a few really good points here. 👇
"Given all that – given Trump – would you really bet against Farage on the steps of Downing Street?
"Well – yes."
"Well – yes."
The threat of Reform is overhyped
Just 30 per cent of Britons have a favourable view of Farage, compared to 61 per cent against
inews.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 8:55 AM
"But the danger is that, like a monster in a Christmas ghost story, the more we believe in Farage, the more real he will become."
@jonnelledge.bsky.social making a few really good points here. 👇
@jonnelledge.bsky.social making a few really good points here. 👇
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What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
Yeah I need way more money than anyone ever got before. I need it because my shit is difficult right now. But it's important in ways even I haven't been able to work out. OpenAI is a serious business. Help me. Please help me please my serious company is so good. Help me
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...
December 28, 2024 at 6:47 AM
What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
Incredibly well written story. 10/10 Journalism.
December 22, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Incredibly well written story. 10/10 Journalism.
Articles like this remind me just how inept mainstream media are at covering intelligence.
MI6 does not employ “agents”, they employ officers. Did nobody on staff think to check these kinds of glaring details?
MI6 does not employ “agents”, they employ officers. Did nobody on staff think to check these kinds of glaring details?
What a loser: Prince Andrew was at 'centre of secret MI6 file' after agents 'became concerned'
The dossier started in the late 1990s, covers the time when the he grew close to alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/prince-andrew-centre-secret-mi6-34331754
The dossier started in the late 1990s, covers the time when the he grew close to alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/prince-andrew-centre-secret-mi6-34331754
December 18, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Articles like this remind me just how inept mainstream media are at covering intelligence.
MI6 does not employ “agents”, they employ officers. Did nobody on staff think to check these kinds of glaring details?
MI6 does not employ “agents”, they employ officers. Did nobody on staff think to check these kinds of glaring details?
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"The suspected Chinese spy banned from the UK amid fears that he was targeting Prince Andrew can be named as Yang Tengbo, also known as Chris Yang." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo by judge - live updates
Senior Tory Sir Iain Duncan Smith says he could be
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"The suspected Chinese spy banned from the UK amid fears that he was targeting Prince Andrew can be named as Yang Tengbo, also known as Chris Yang." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
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Even though I don't document the names of a sources except in my head, stuff like this keeps me up at night.
There are some reporters I know who have put names of sources in things like internal communications or documents and written like in parentheses (on bg, meaning anonymous) and uh, I guess it’s a choice to keep doing that 🫡
Everything including names in expense reports are potentially up for grabs
Everything including names in expense reports are potentially up for grabs
They will work to crush dissent. We are ready to fight back but the guardrails are going to be tested like never before.
December 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Even though I don't document the names of a sources except in my head, stuff like this keeps me up at night.
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whether you've got a strong opinion on extrajudicial violence or not, you should know that the conservative movement does: they're very much in favor of it
If there were an RNC coming up, Daniel Penny would absolutely be a speaker.
December 13, 2024 at 2:21 PM
whether you've got a strong opinion on extrajudicial violence or not, you should know that the conservative movement does: they're very much in favor of it
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The Labour Government has confirmed they invited numerous known hate groups and pro-conversion orgs to give evidence for their closed consultation on the puberty blocker ban, including Bayeswater Support, LGB Alliance, CAN-SG, Transgender Trend and Sex Matters.
Never let them forget this choice.
Never let them forget this choice.
Government’s response to the targeted consultation on proposed changes to the availability of puberty blockers
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The Labour Government has confirmed they invited numerous known hate groups and pro-conversion orgs to give evidence for their closed consultation on the puberty blocker ban, including Bayeswater Support, LGB Alliance, CAN-SG, Transgender Trend and Sex Matters.
Never let them forget this choice.
Never let them forget this choice.
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I need bluesky to add bookmarks so I have a place to put things I'll never look at again
December 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM
I need bluesky to add bookmarks so I have a place to put things I'll never look at again